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Aside from my very presence here on a Sunday, I’m not going to harangue you about donations or comic cons or any of that folderol. I just want you to enjoy this Arlo & Janis strip from July, 2007.
Bored Talk
By Jimmy Johnson
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77 responses to “Bored Talk”
Can’t believe I am the first one! AND on a Sunday. Probably several on the previous page, but have not checked it yet.
Jimmy, you are probably going to be busy next week, and you are trying to head off the complaints. Good thinking!
Nice to have “little secrets” from the kiddo’s.
Though they somehow seem to figure out quite a few of them.
God bless us every one.
Sadly, from The Weather Channel: “The weather community is mourning the loss of Dave Schwartz, who spent more than 20 years as an on-air meteorologist for The Weather Channel. After battling cancer for 10 years, Schwartz, 63, passed away Saturday.”
I’ve had several bones to pick with TWC in recent years, but none of them with Mr. Schwartz. He was a class act, all the way.
2016 ain’t getting any better.
As one gets older and life gets complicated, a little boredom goes a long ways!
on 31 Jul 2016 at 7:38 am #
I’m a 2 cuber myself.
Riding the train back to Royal Oak with my bride if 34 years today. Decent weather and we even had seats in the shade at Wrigley.
Jackie, some friends sent this on FB. And for some reason I thought of you: https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s526x395/13728979_1506673579437570_2937819971052680179_n.jpg?oh=a1f16067cc8f04d6eb126d67c40e9199&oe=58238A74
So when you get old, you’ve got something to look forward to.
Perhaps GR can tell us mathematically the ideal ratio between ice and colas? Or does it vary with the flavor of the drink?
I drink mine from cans, cold as I can get them. I had a very scientific explanation of the bottling process and loss of carbonation from glass to cans to plastic from one who knew, his family invented bottling soda. I assure you, the tastes change. And if you use ice, drink it fast.
Having my breakfast Coke right now in my nightie. Woke up with my usual hairy bed partner, all ten pounds of him. He refused to wake up this morning. I missed church and I had promised my friends I would go, even set an alarm.
Jerry, that was VERY funny! I have never woke up in a strange bed and wondered how I got there although after awhile the motel rooms all begin to look alike and sometimes you have to ask the front desk what your room number is to avoid it.
Oh yes Mark, I love that one! Used it on Facebook for myself before. I recognize myself when I meet me.
Since I missed church I need to decide what today will be. Don’t need that lovely conservative black and white outfit I put out for the Episcopalians. That purple one would work on some church days probably?
High holy days?
Jackie, missed church with a diet Coke hangover after barhopping? What’s Dickens excuse? I went to bed late with the intention of sleeping in, weekends being only time I can get away with that. At 630 this morning I was woken by the sound of a lawnmower coming through my open bedroom window. Neigbor’s lawn service was doing their yard at 630 on a Sunday morning. Jerk has absolutely no respect for others who might be sleeping. I know its hot and morning is best time, but why can’t he come during the week when people are up and out of bed?
Jackie, if you have that much trouble remembering your room number, why not take a pic of it with your smart phone when you check in? Just be sure to delete it after you check out. I always preferred the glass bottled sodas to the cans or plastic. I pour canned ones over ice to avoid the metal taste you get drinking from the can. Lots of ice, too. Mom prefers the crushed ice from our fridge so she can eat it with a spoon, while I want cubes because they last longer.
Mark, after awhile LA Quinta looks alike. I would lose phone too. Since I often am on first floor it gets to be problematical, 106 or 108?
Got excited, they brought back Coke in glass bottles with a bottle cap! Bought myself a church key after I found out they were real bottle caps. They were delicious! And as fast as they appeared in convenience stores the diet ones disappeared.
I am crushed by disappointment.
But my depression was short lived, replaced by excitement! Kris Kristopherson is appearing in October at the legendary Cains. Ballroom in Tulsa. I hesitate to say Rodney Crowell is also. But at 78 Kris has recorded a new album. I like those who refuse surrender. My kind of man. Buying tickets, anyone want to come?
Yes, Dave Swartz was my kind of man too. I regret his passing. They are left with no class at all.
Best come in glass bottles is the Mexicican import with real sugar. Closest you can get to what I grew up on.
I never had any trouble recognizing the inside of my sleeper cab… but more than once I had to either peek out the window or look at my logbook to know where I was parked! It was hardest to remember when I was driving nights (to avoid city traffic or make an off-hours delivery) and waking up in the late afternoon.
Whenever things go wrong at your place, remember this video of people breaking the rules of safety and/or common sense:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSXHTNKQVmc
Change of subject, I am roasting six heads of garlic with olive oil to make a tomato tart for dinner. Basil, tomatoes, garlic and cheese, maybe bacon in a flaky pie crust
Gee, hope everyone had an enjoyable and productive day doing fun stuff?
Late to the party. I went to the nursing facility at 11:00 this morning to have lunch with my mom. Found her feeling poorly and then beginning to complaining of chest pain on the right side. I had her transported to the Med Center ER, where they X-rayed and diagnosed her with pleurisy. (I blame Debbe. 😀 ) They gave her something for pain, which I hope that will help her until it clears up, and sent her back to the nursing facility. The staff will watch her closely for a few days, and I’m going there early in the AM to meet with the attending physician when he makes rounds.
For me, the proper ratio of ice cubes to soft drink is 0:1. I drink them, ice cold, directly from (in order of preference) the glass bottle, the can, or the plastic bottle. (The ice cold part is especially important since I drink only Coke Zero now, and being very cold makes it taste better.) And if the carbonated beverage is part of a cocktail, I much prefer crushed ice. As you can tell, I have little use for ice cubes, and I would in fact rather pass entirely than drink a room-temp soda poured over a glass of ice cubes, which practice I consider a waste of the ice and the soda, not to mention an abomination before God and Man.
Anyone remember “New Coke”? The only thing I can figure is that it was Coca Cola’s ill-fated attempt to make a Coke taste like a Pepsi (!). I believe it was Dave Barry who claimed to have discovered the recipe for New Coke, which was to place hundreds of thousands of gallons of Old Coke in giant vats, dump in dozens of 55-gallon drums of sugar, and then let it sit in the open for several days until it was thoroughly flat before bottling. I wouldn’t argue that with him.
Anybody remember Pepsi Clear? Which tasted to me like a 7UP. I’ve read they plan to bring it back, but thank heaven no one wants to bring back New Coke. I guess even nostalgia has its limits.
Just discovered this great little video about the art of Richard Thompson. Parkinson’s is an awful disease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1272&v=t8-tqh4N_EE&ab_channel=GVI-VideoProduction-Washington,DC
“That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant self-complacent simpletonso who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poor house.”
Mark Twain “License of the Press”.
Susan, and stress makes it much worse, which gives some people an unfortunate power over your well-being.